USC Sociology Faculty

Tenure Track Faculty

	Jody Agius Vallejo Assistant Professor of Sociology Ph.D. University of California, Irvine Office: KAP364C Phone: (213)740-5047 Email: vallejoj@usc.edu	Research Specialities: Immigrant Incorporation, Race/Ethnicity, Mexican-Origin Middle Class, Middle-Class Minorities, Latino Entrepreneurs
	Tim Biblarz Associate Professor of Sociology Ph.D. University of Washington Office: KAP352 Phone: (213)740-3547 Email: biblarz@usc.edu
	Lynne Casper Professor of Sociology Ph.D. Penn State Office: KAP352 Phone: (213)740-3533 Email: lcasper@usc.edu
	Nina Eliasoph Associate Professor of Sociology Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley Office: KAP352 Phone: (213)740-3533 Email: eliasoph@usc.edu
	Amon Emeka Assistant Professor of Sociology Ph.D. University of Washington Office: KAP352 Phone: (213)740-3548 Email: emeka@usc.edu	Research Specialities: Racial Inequality, Race and Immigrant Adaptation, and Social Demography
	Katie Hasson Assistant Professor of Sociology Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley Office: HSH314 Phone: (213)740-3533 Email: khasson@usc.edu	Research Specialities: Gender; Science, Technology, and Medicine; Sexuality; the Body; Health and Illness
	Sharon Hays Professor of Sociology Office: KAP352 Phone: (213)740-3533 Email: sharonrh@usc.edu	Research Specialities: cultural sociology; sociology of inequality; gender studies; social theory
	Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo Professor of Sociology Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley Office: KAP352 Phone: (213)740-3606 Email: sotelo@usc.edu	Research Specialities: (Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1990) Professor of Sociology: International migration and immigrant integration; gender; informal sector work;Mexican/Latino immigrant workers; religion and social movements for immigrant rights.
	Jennifer Hook Assistant Professor of Sociology Ph.D. University of Washington Office: KAP352 Phone: (213)740-3533 Email: hook@usc.edu	Research Specialities: Family Demography, Gender, Inequality, Work-Family, Social Policy, Child Welfare, Comparative Sociology
	Elaine Bell Kaplan Associate Professor of Sociology Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley Office: KAP360 Phone: (213)740-8865 Email: ekaplan@usc.edu	Research Specialities: Race and ethnic relations; social inequality; sociology of childhood; gender, qualitative methodology, visual sociology
	Dan Lainer-Vos Assistant Professor of Sociology Ph.D. Columbia University Office: KAP352 Phone: (213)740-1082 Email: lainer-vos@usc.edu	Research Specialities: Nationalism (Jewish and Irish), Diaspora Politics, Economic Sociology, Sociological Theory, Historical Comparative Methods, Science and Technology Studies, Charisma, Conscientious Objection
	Andrew Lakoff Associate Professor of Sociology, Anthropology and Communication Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley Office: KAP348 D Phone: (213)740-7029 Email: lakoff@usc.edu	Research Specialities: Science and Technology Studies, History of the Human Sciences, Globalization Processes, Risk and Modernity
	Paul Lichterman Professor of Sociology and Religion Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley Office: KAP352 Phone: (213)740-3533 Email: lichterm@usc.edu	Research Specialities: culture (public culture, civic and political culture, organizational culture), religion, political sociology, civic engagement, theory, qualitative methodology, ethnographic methods
	Alwyn Lim Assistant Professor of Sociology Ph.D. University of Michigan Office: KAP352 Phone: (213)740-3533 Email: alwynlim@usc.edu	Research Specialities: Organizations and Institutions; Global and Transnational Sociology; Human Rights and Social Movements
	Michael Messner Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley Office: KAP352 Phone: (213)740-8848 Email: messner@usc.edu	Research Specialities: sex and gender, gender and sport, gender-based violence
	Ann Owens Assistant Professor of Sociology Office: KAP352 Phone: (213)740-3533 Email: annowens@usc.edu
	Rhacel Salazar Parrenas Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley Office: KAP352 Phone: (213)740-3533 Email: parrenas@usc.edu	Research Specialities: Gender, Migration, Families, Intimacy, Economic Globalization, Women and Work, Feminist Theory, Asian American Studies, Philippines and Southeast Asian Studies
	Manuel Pastor Professor of Sociology and American Studies and Ethnicity Ph.D. University of Massachusetts, Amherst Office: JEF102 Phone: (213)740-5604 Email: mpastor@college.usc.edu	Research Specialities: Urban poverty and regional economies; Latinos in the urban U.S.; environmental justice; labor markets and low-wage workers; social movements and social justice.
	Leland Saito Associate Professor of Sociology and American Studies and Ethnicity Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles Office: KAP352 Phone: (213)740-3604 Email: lsaito@usc.edu	Research Specialities: (Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1992) Associate Professor of Sociology and ASE: Race and ethnic relations; Asian American Studies; urban politics; urban sociology; historic preservation; economic development; redistricting; qualitative research methods
	Merril Silverstein Professor of Gerontology and Sociology Ph.D. Columbia University Email: merrils@usc.edu	Research Specialities: aging, quantitative methods
	Veronica Terriquez Assistant Professor of Sociology Office: KAP352 Phone: (213)740-3533 Email: veronica.terriquez@college.usc.edu	Research Specialities: Immigrant incorporation; Educational Inequality; Civic Engagement; Transitions to Adulthood
	John Wilson Professor of Sociology, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Computer Science and Architecture Ph.D. University of Toronto Office: AHFB55F Phone: (213)740-1908 Email: jpwilson@usc.edu	Research Specialities: GIS, spatial analysis,environmental modeling, mapping

Research Faculty

	Brian Finch Professor (Research) of Sociology Office: ICT2000 Phone: (310)448-0328 Email: brian.finch@usc.edu
	Richard Flory Associate Professor (Research) of Sociology Ph.D. University of Chicago Office: ACB439 Phone: (213)740-2155 Email: rflory@usc.edu	Research Specialities: Culture, Religion, Urban, Youth, Civic Engagement, Faith-Based Organizations, Community Organizing and Development
	Jon Miller Professor (Research) of Sociology Ph.D. Washington State University Office: ACB439 Phone: (213)821-4070 Email: jonmill@college.usc.edu	Research Specialities: Sociology of religion, Comparative historical sociology, Social movements, Visual methodology

Lecturers

	Karen Sternheimer Associate Professor (Teaching) of Sociology Ph.D. University of Southern California Office: HSH314 Phone: (213)740-3533 Email: sternhei@usc.edu	Research Specialities: Popular culture, moral panics, childhood and youth, celebrity culture

Affiliated Faculty

	Manuel Castells University Professor, Wallis Annenberg Chair of Communication Techonology and Society and Professor of Communication, Sociology, Planning, and International Relations Ph.D. University of Paris-Sorbonne Office: ASC332C Phone: (213)821-5386 Email: castells@usc.edu
	Macarena Gomez Barris Associate Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity Ph.D. University of California, Santa Cruz Office: KAP352 Phone: (213)740-3600 Email: gomezbar@usc.edu	Research Specialities: Associate Professor of Sociology and American Studies and Ethnicity. Research interests include: Political Violence and Its Aftermath; Memory; Culture; Latina/o and Latin American Studies; Religious Tourism.
	Dowell Myers Professor of Policy, Planning, and Development and Sociology Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Office: VKC363 Phone: (213)740-7095	Research Specialities: (Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1981) Professor, School of Policy, Planning, and Development: Immigration; ethnic change/demographic diversity and trends; growth management; housing & urban development; real estate market analysis; local census data analysis; urban growth, sprawl & quality of life.

Emeritus Faculty

	Constance Ahrons Emeritus Professor of Sociology Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, Madison Phone: (858)274-8943
	Vern Bengtson Professor Emeritus of Sociology Phone: (213)740-8242
	Lamar Empey Emeritus Professor of Sociology Phone: (307)527-7880
	Malcolm Klein Emeritus Professor of Sociology
	Edward Ransford Professor Emeritus of Sociology Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles Office: HSH204 Phone: (213)740-3533 Email: ransford@usc.edu
	Maurice Van Arsdol Emeritus Professor of Sociology